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Nanopump Drug Delivery
in Nanotechbuzz, on July 8, 2008
...d pump-structures and two Pyrex cover plates with through-holes. This MEMS chip is assembled with a piezoelectric actuator that moves the membrane in a reciprocating movement to compress and decompres...
Heat to Electricity Through Sound
in IfEnergy, on June 4, 2007
...e moving? that movement causes very minute sound waves) which are then picked up by very sensitive piezoelectric devices which when squeezed, produces an electrical voltage.
While the devices prod...
BMW's '08 M5 Borrows From The Z8 Past
in carzz.org, on May 8, 2007
Peruse that thick multimedia jungle known as YouTube and chances are you'll find an old Top Gear episode where the outspoken Jeremy Clarkson compared driving a BMW Z8 roadster to driving a truck (except he called it a lorry - in true Brit English). In the same episode he drove a Scani...
CCC Sputnik: Voluntary RFID Surveillance to Make a Point
in The Wireless Weblog, on December 28, 2006
...The suite includes not just transmitters, but receivers, a small configurable button, outputs for a piezoelectric speaker and the ability for tinkerers to reflash the firmware with other dedicated pro...
The Human Dynamo
in IfEnergy, on August 24, 2006
... or other body movements. This development is a new field in nanotechnology and is based on the Piezoelectric effect , a phenomenon that is based on the ability of certain materials to change mech...
Light-activated nanotubes could put MOMS in space
in Nanotechbuzz, on August 3, 2006
...s to actuate tiny mirror-tipped cantilevers instead of the electrical current needed for pneumatic, piezoelectric or electrostatic actuators. An optically active nanotube film enables MOMS to be actua...
Implanted nanogenerators powered by human movement
in Nanotechbuzz, on April 19, 2006
...ough the bending and relaxing of zinc oxide nanowires.
When the nanowires flex , they emit a piezoelectric discharge, which is electricity generated by certain materials under mechanical stress...
Nanogenerator creates electricity
in Nanotechbuzz, on April 15, 2006
... works on the same principle. Just like the quartz crystal in a watch, the zinc-oxide nanowires are piezoelectric, which means bending causes them to produce an electrical charge.
Researchers crafte...
Implantable body sensor networks
in The Techwear Weblog, on April 2, 2006
...king Wearable Sensors Based on Conducting Polymers (basic material Lyrca, foam )
- Thin Film Piezoelectric Energy Scavenging Systems for Long Term Medical Monitoring
- HealthGear: A Real-time W...
energy2go
in The Techwear Weblog, on November 7, 2005
...ving - walking, running etc. ( paper from Thad Starner , 230kb) One of the first methods to include piezoelectric elements in shoes failed because the mechanical hub was to small. This backpack-method...
Sensors Track Martial Arts Moves
in The RFID Weblog, on June 7, 2004
...le to measure the power behind martial arts blows by using sensors:
"The system uses wireless piezoelectric pressure sensors planted in the hogu, or body protector worn by a competitor. Piezoele...